626 BC

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Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • In the month Ajaru ( April 28-May 27 ) is the Assyrian army against unrest in Akkad ago.
  • The first array of Nabopolassar as the designated heir to the throne of Babylonian dated May 17 ( 18 Ajaru ).
  • On October 2 ( 11 Tašritu: 1 to 2 October ) the Assyrian army marched after several battles in Babylon and plunder the city.
  • On November 16 ( 26 Araḫsamna: November 15 to 16 ) Nabopolassar ascended as the new official Babylonian king to the throne after Babylonia was a year long without a king according to the Babylonian Chronicle.

Science and Technology

  • Accession year of the Babylonian king Nabopolassar ( 626-625 BC): In the Babylonian calendar, the Babylonian New Year the first Nisannu falls on the 29th - 30th March; the full moon in Nisannu on the 11th - 12th April 1st Tašritu on 22 - 23rd September and the first Araḫsamna on the 21th - 22nd October.

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  • 626 BC
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